The New York Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1854, Page 2

Our Washington Nee. Wasnwxoron, Jan. 20, 1854, ew York Politics in Washington—Reunion of the Democratic Party in New York—A New Mode of Patching up the Late Breeches— Old Breeches" Supposed to be the Author—The "Rank and File” of the Democracy about to Act Sor Themselves, Sc., $c. I have learned from an authentic source that there 5s movement being made by sundry politicians from New York to bring about a reunion between Bhe “hards’’ and “softs,” by an entirely new mode of Dperations, which the knowing ones here who have geen the plan pronounce to be “just the thing” that was wanted. The scheme originated with a gentleman from Western New York, who, (with a coadjutor from ye eastern part of the Btate,) is here to have the Jptter revised and sanctioned by the heads of the ty vow in Washington, The programme is as It is proposed to forestal the action of the State Juveations of both sections of the party by tak- »g measures to have two men, (one ‘“‘hard’’ and one éach Assembly district in the Bite, wi I ‘meet in Syracuse in Augast and July next, cae purpose of nominating a ticket, to be submit to the people, irrespective of sec- tional divisiens; claiming the support of the demo- Cratic party. we These delegates are to be chosen from the most moderate clas of both sections, and are to be men who have not ‘held office under the State or federal Bdministration for the last year, and who are not Bpplicagtaror official favor from any quarter. They ould also be men who have not figured, or in any- made themselves conspicuous, ia the late trou- bles between the two branches of the party. The ticket to be nominated will be composed of new men, aud ds to be submitted to the people, (before the time for usual meeting of the conven- Bious of the existing sections,) together with the Pledges of the delegates to its support. ‘The old leaders as well as the old divisions are to be thrown overboard if they do not fall into line as common soldiers. JoHN JONES. add a white muslin body to it, and have this new | style complete. Its native simplicity was undecked with the commonest ornament; and when I saw it first the idea flashed on my mind, would the lady be a somnambulist and have come out thus half dressed? ‘Another dashy style of a different order, worn by a pretty little belle, consisted of a white tarlatan dress surmounted by a black velvet jacket or basque, fitted tightly to the body and extending below the waist in square tabs slashed with silver lace, A few ladies sported immeasurable quantities of tricolor ribbons on their heads and the skirts of their dresses. as I before intimated, the exhibition altogether was very meagre of beauty and elegance. There did not even appear to be an ordinarily good-looking collection of gentlemen. There were several bearded Franks in the room, most of them apparently belonging to the different em- | ozen naval and military uniforms did vot add very considerably to the splendor of the scene. ere were not by any means so many members of Congress present as expected to have seen. The only representative from your city that I saw was Mr. ler. All the other’ cational Gemocratis members kept away. I must not omit, however, mentioning the interesting fact, that the fashion of Broadway was very works represented by ‘‘the Bouquet Man,” who promenad. the room with the most zealous and untiring reso- luteness, accompanied by @ young lady, holding in her disengaged band a handsome specimen of his own floral merchancise. These rough notes are all I will trouble you with on the subject of President | Pierce's first levee. H. 1854. i Com- bassies. Some half 2 Wasnineton, Jan. The Nebraska Territorial Bill—The Missor promise Line, §c. Judge Donglas, in his report which accompanies his bill for the establishment of a territorial govera- ment for Nebraska, is understood to take the ground that the Missouri compromise restriction of 1820 is virtually repealed by the compromise measures of 1850, His bill is alittle equivocal in its meaning, though its object is apparent enough to those who are familiar with the subject. He seeks to do indirectly what, if done at all, should be done directly, openly, and aboveboard. Let there be no shuffling in a matter of this impor- WasuinG ton, Jan. 21, 1954. President Pierce's Furst Levee—The Fashion and Beauty of the East Room, President Pierce held bis first grand levee last night. Great were the preparations made by Bhe ladies of this city to appear to advantage on that pecasion, and brilliant were the enticipations in- duiged in as to its splendor and elegance. Gorgeous ribbons and extravagant headdresses were in great demand for the past few days, and white kids must have become a precious commodity in the market. The backmen seemed to recover their spirits from the unusual number of jobs which came to quicken up their ordinary dulness; and the milliners and dressmakers were, it is to be presumed, kept in a profitable circle of fuss, fiurry and excitement. The hotels experienced a remarkable increase in the number of their guests, owing to the very fresh arri- vals of young misses, fashionable dames and anti- quated demoiselles, from the rural parts, to whom a President's first levee appeared as one of the great Decasions of life, and whose imaginations were Strongly excited by the brilliant perspectives of fashion, beauty and elegance, which their inexperi- fenced heads associated with the idéa. For the past two or thres days—ever since the announcement in dhe Union that that grand event was to take place Du the evening of Friday, the 20th of January, and 2) be continued every Friday evening during the sessioa—I have had all these consequences of the announcement aud these preparations for the osca- Bion brought before my observation, and I actually began to think that possibly the specta:le might be ue well worth going to see : : Acti under this fallacious impression, I last Brenitg hunted up fromthe mysteries of my port- Manteau a pair of spotless Alexandres, which by some strange accident happened to have got among ™y traps, and having expended a “ bit” to the Sd rantege of the darkie who presides over the boot- Dlack department of the National, I found myself Yoon on the front stoop of the White House, where I opped for some time admiring the grotesquely- ¥ led and cloaked figures which it required some iscrimination to recognise as belonging to ladies. ere they were, hurrying past and sweeping into Bee bali, and thence into the attiring room, with an Sagerness and bustle which is only to be eee a equalled afer the bell has sounded for dinner in a Washing- ton boarding house. Soon after I found myself in an ante-room well lighted and handsomely furnished, shuffling along amid ranks of serious looking men avd resolute lo: king ladies, the latter appearin, ter:ible in their semi-naked simplicity ; of courze bad often before beheld similar spectacles of bare b-soms and arms paraded in public assemblies, but T have not yet made sufficient progress in fashionable life to overcome my instinctive aversion to it, more es;ecia'ly when these appertenances of the female foim so exhibited belong to individuals of a corpa- Jeut or of a lank habit of body, and American ladies are very often found to be in either extreme. But let this pass, as indeed while thus speculating I found myseif in reality to have gradually passed into the reception room, and be‘ore I had had much leisure to over from the train of thought, and to note the su@bundings of the apartment, I had re- ceived a polite recognition from the President, an introduction to the lady at his side—whom | %* 1 at first, in the confusion of my ideas, had mis- taken for Mrs. Pierce, but who L afterwards learned | is a relative and visiter of hers from New Hamp- sbire—and another equally polite recognition from his private Secretary, Sydney Webster. These ceremonies through t) the satisfaction of all concern- ed, I soon found myself standing, one of a group of gentlemen, in the centre of the east room, gazing sans ceremomie, and with amazing nonchalance, at the uninterrupted fies ot half dressed females who promenaded on either side, apparently for no other yurposs than to exhibit the charms of their faces, heir figures, and their dresses, in the eyes of the admiring spectators. The room was very full, and, as a natural consequence, very warm. Some of the ladies were very vivacious, and very loquacious, and very—oh, gracious! while others seemed to consider the whole affair a very solemn sort of a th'ng, and where merriment and good humor were not at a'l to be thought of. I am naturally inclined to be avery gallant young man. I am at all times sensitive to a glance from a pair of bright roguish eyes, aud I am, consequently, ery loth tosay anything which might offend the gel side of creation. But yet, feeling that I havea piemn duty to perform in enlightening, through Jour columna, the eae miud, anxious to learn Werythiag connected with this ffashionable event, I ve myself to the task, and proceed to discharge at duty unshrinkingly. The con’ession of my weak- sa, which I have just made, indicates that [ am an irer of female loveliness. 1 admit the justness of the inference. ig gmag eee gee of the most patural impulses I felt on finding myeelf, last even- ing, in a position which promised a splendid oppor- Runity for indulging this harmless taste, was to avail myself of it to its fullest extent. EE at myself against one of the small circular tables in tae centre of the room, and prepared to feast my pyes on Sosy and beauty ialf a dozen tiles passed without giving me the faintest shadow of an excuze to ejaculate inwardly, “How handsome! how beautiful | Well, 1 reflected philosophically that beauty is not allotted to all indiscriminately; god I waited patiently till the fairer side of the pic- ture would turn round, which I doubted not it would in time. Half a dozen more files passed by—a dozen. * Hallo, Venus! where the deuce are your favorites ne to?” I irceligiously exclaimed; “you don’t mean to say there are uo pretty women at all in the room!” A curious echo—which | feigned for a while #o disbelieve—rang in my senses s»me ten minutes after. It seemed to convey the expression, “that’s = what I mean to say.” [am afraid I must con that the echo, strange as it was, contained a deal of truth. 1 will not, however, confirm it fo its tullest extent. There were some two or three— thee might have been four—pretty looking ladies in the room. And ha’ made this acknowledgment, 1 feel pretty secure giving offence, as nine- tenths of the dear creatures will each ‘opriate the compliment to herself. So may and so sy your miserably cae pistes correspondent ‘ecape the anger and retaliation of slighted woman- ood in this capital. As to fashion or elegance, there was just about as Little well foonded pretension thereto ia the levee of ast evening as there wasto beauty. Though I spoke bf the uncovered bo:oms and naked arms which first aesailed my notions of modesty, they were by no means in the majority. I think rather that the high, Close fitting dresses and sleeves, outnumbered them. Bome of these latter, however, were extremely vulgar, and such a8 ladies with good taste would hardly wear to market. There were two or three really gr. ne king dresses, which I will endeavor to desoribs. first and oddest of them was worn bya thio, k old lady, with prominent festares and black, | ing eyes. It is easily described, inasmuch as ony of a black dress, myn 4 close! in Icber emaciat @ throxt, | orm, and fastened up to Wi e her head was surmounted—I dare not say or atmented—byo white muslin turban. This gave to | the good old lady an uncommonly odd appearan:e, which was the more striking from the fact, that she | ‘was accompanied by s female, probably her Gaughter, who was and with much ele- gauce—in white, Another dress which excited a great deal of giggling among the ladies, and many @Mfimions from the gentlemen—which were no dout {tended to be witty—waa of this sort: fanoy plack harege petticoat extending to the waist, an] | the money. Sometimes they seize the lamber at some tance. Ifattempted it will fail—members of Con- gress have got to show their hands. They cannot dodge the question if they desire it ever so much, Those who favor the repeal of the Missouri restric: tion say it was virtually repealed or impaired by the compromises of 1850, Those who oppose its repeal contend that it was not impaired, much less repealed; but, on the contrary, that all the legislation of Con. gress relating to the subject of slavery in the ter- ritories since 1820 has been a recognition of the Missouri compromise, and a reaffirmation of. the same—that it was stronger after the passage of the measures of 1850 than before. The compromise of 1820 applied to territory ac- quired under the Louisiana purchase —that of 1850 to territory acquired of Mexico. The joint resolutions admitting Texas into the Union, (the same referred to and quoted by Mr. Web- eter in his great speech of 7th March,) refer dis- tinctly and unequivocally to the compromise of 1820. Those resolutions were approved March 1, 1845. The third clause of the second section alludes, in so many words, to the act of March 6, 1820, providing wal e admission of Missouri as a State into the nion. The act sf 1850, proposing to the State of Texas the establishment 0; her northern and western boun- daries, and to establish a territorial government for New Mexico, provides, in the first section thereof, that nothing therein contained shall be considered as impairing the force of the third clause of the second section of the resolutions admitting Texas. We give below extracts from the acts referred to. There are mieDy other facts of importance ia the legislation of the general government since 1820 having an important bearing upon the question in issue, and Senay Suen, the position of those who consider the Missouri compromise as sacred and binding as that of 1850, and not weakened by the latter, but re enaete strengthened by it. The resolutions admitting Texas have a bearing upon this question too important to be overlooked. The eerie ta the act for the establishment of a | bags government for New Mexico was said to hav n adopted at the instance of a distinguished Scuthern statesman now in Congress. Exirect from ‘An act to author:ze the people of the Masrouri territory to form a constitution and State (2 pment, and for the admission of such State into the clon on au equal (coting wiih the original States, ard to probibit slavery in certain territories”: — Seo, 8. And beit further enacted, That in all that ter- ritory ceced by France to the United States, under the name of Louisians, which lies north of thirty six degrees and thirty minutes north Jatitude, rot included within the limite of the ed by this act, slavery Sad inv luntary servitu‘e, otherwise than in the punish. ment of crime, whereof the parties shall have beea dul omvicied, a 4 is hereby, forever prohibited; ny person encaping into the same rvice is lawfully claimed in acy Sta‘e or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfuly reclaimed and conveyed to the persoa claim- ing } is or her iabor or servioe as aforesaid. Approved March 6, 1620 Estract from “Joint resolution for annexing Texas to the United Siates,”’ approved March 1, 1845:— New States of ‘cor-venient size, not exoseding four in number, in addition to raid State cf Texas, and having svilicient Jation, may hereafter, by the conreut of 6 formed out of the territory thereof, which t.tled to admission under the provisions of the federal ccnstitution. And such States as may be formed out of thst portion of said territory Ving south of thirty six degremm thirty mizutes north iatitude, commonly Known as the Missouri oompromire, line, shall be edi Union with or without slavery, as the people ing admivion may desire, and in such as shall be formed ont of said tecritory rorth cf #aid Mieeonri compromise line, slavery, or invol- vntary servitude, (except for crime,) shail be prohi- dited Fxtr: ct from ‘An act proporiog to the State of Texas the establi-bmert of her notthen and western bouncaries, the relinquishment by the said State of all territory claime! by her ex'erior to said boundaries, and of all ber clsims upon the Utited States, and to establish » terri torial goversment for New Mexico,” approved Sept. 9, 1850: — Provided, That cothing herein contained shall be con- strued to impair or qualfy anything contaiced in the third article of the second rection of the * jaiut reacla tion for annexing Texas to the United States,” approved Maron fist, eightean hundred and forty-dive, either as re- garde the sumber of States that may hereafter be formed Oatef the “tate of Texas, or otherwise Now is the time for national men of all parties to sustain the compromises of the constitution and of the legislation of the country, acquiesced in for so meny years. Snail they be sustained or overthrown, and the peace and quiet of the country subjected to a sec- tional itation which will shake the government to its foundation? The administration cannot be relied upon in this great crisis. It is looking out for itself, and has more than it can do to save itself from sink- ing into disgrace before this session of Congress has seen the summer months. Does the administration go for or against the re- peal of the Missouri restriction? That is the ques- tion. Gentlemen, you must face the music. Repeal tha: restriction and slavery enters Nebraska—let it stand as it is and pet forever excluded. A Compromiss Man oF ‘50. Correspondence of Other Papers, [Washington Correspondence of Chieago Democrat } The department just begins to find out the abuses existing under the management of our Western tim- ber agents. The Secretary of the Inferior declared that not one dollar had been collected of any man to his knowledge, and not one dollar had been reported to the department as collected. lt is now apparent why the agents woald not em- ploy the United States District Attorney at Chicago, asin duty bound. He was pot in the sesrets, and they dare not trast him. The Secretary of the Inte- rior bas ordered them to report how much money they have taken, and who from, to report why they bave reftsed to employ United States officers, and also to report under what law, and under whoee ad- vice they bave taken or demanded money. I have no doubt but these agents would prefer to pay back the money rather than have it known that they re- ceived any. If they had got my money I sWoald go at once and demand it back; and, if they would not pey it back, I would send the receipt to the Secre- tary of the Interior, if I had one, and let him see how the kamber dealérs of the West have been plun- dered. There have been quite a number of these lumber agents within the few years. Some of them have been very honest, but excessively green. Others have been very dishonest, and I think none have lost any money. ‘The way the gome has been pleyed has been some- thing like this:—The agent has some secret part ners, and they go Mito the pineries, erect a mill and steal as much omer as they please. But if any one else steals the timber the agent makes the man pay very dearly for the theft, and he poskets the money, then se'zes the timber, sells it and pockets the pro. creda, Bet theagents do not stop here. Many men enter land and cannot alwsys find their lines so as to be certain. The sgent comes and charges them with cutting governmenttinber. They devy it, He commences evit and they have f° to lose their time and money to go to Detroit and de‘end themselves. The game The agent offers to settle, and so they pay works. lake port on the charge of beng cut on government land. The owners of ithave land in lumber rezions and sent men there to get ontthe lumber. Their sent them thelumber. Toe agent claims it, avd But, | “ Dlack-mail” in this way; and not one -cent has beer paid into the national . At first the could not that « sin- gle dollar had been thus collected, Indeed, he could Dot believe they had passed by the United States District Attoraey in bringiog their mock suits. Oae of these agents was just green enough to give a re- ceipt, but he was not 90 pen as to pay the money into the treasury. I exhibited the recsipt to the Secretary. He took a copy, and called the agent to ap account at once, f If there are any other receipts outstanding let | them be sent here; or if there is proof of any money having been ng let the proof be sent here. Much of the timber land has been taken by the Sault Ste. Marie Canal Company. And what is left | is fast being entered. By next spring I doubt whether the United States government will have apy lumber to steal. Our lumber dealers will soon | be'entirely in the power of the canal pmcepeay. } | The Postmaster General is devoting all his leisure time to the investigation of the causes of the great | delay and irregularities of the mails. | He greatly censures the Postmasters at the begin- ning and the end of routes for two faults :— Ist. They do not hold contractors to their sehed- ules. They give them the mail when they want it, whereas should not let them have it until the hour specified in the contract. And they do not re- port their failures at all. It is Senne. the care, as shown by the books here, that w! ostmasters at the end of routes are complaining of great irregu- larities and frequent failures, the Poatmasters at beginning and end of routes, whose duty it is to re- port, say nothing. They are either too lazy or too corrupt to do their duty, and the Postmaster Gene- 7 is making a ig in their case for all evil loers. 2d. Postmasters at the beginning and end ofroutes use too many mail bags, and thereby furnish facili- ties for contractors in evading their contracts. A contractor goes where be pleases, and has his little mail bags to cend a side supply to the offices he has omitted. This is all wrong. No contractor should be allowed but one way mail bag, and that mail bag should be opened at every office on the road, and no Postmaster should give a contractor a mail beg.es a means of changing or evad'ng his contract. Many evils of which we complain are the result of the negligence or corruption of Postmasters in not re- porting. A singular instance was ie oe to my at- tention yesterday. The people had all alo ny complaining of mail grievances. Everybody had written but the one whose duty it was to write. The Foeeoaeen het me nothin; ee the Nee be le writes, giving a very account 3 in hia region, and finally winds up:— This bas been the way in which ont contractor has oon dueted for the past year, and I have made up my miad to stend it m> lorger; atd 501 write you, telling you all the faete, Now who was to blame here, the neighboring Post- master or the Department! Had he done his duty, the people would have had their grievances remedied in the first instance. [Correspondence of the Detroit Free Press } WasuinaTon, Jan. 16, 1854. The subject of the California mail contract is exciting considerable attention here. The Panama route, the Nicaragua route, and the Ocean and Inland Mail Company's route, via Vera Cruz and Acapulco, are all represented here by geutlemen who are urging the claims of each. I understand that the Postmas ter-General, at an interview with two gentlemen in- terested in the Nicaragua route, intimated that he was in favor of their route, and opposed to the Ocean and Inland Mail Company's route. Mr. Campbell is undoubtedly desirous of giving the contract to that route which will best subserve the public interest, and will, theretore, select that over which the mails can be most speedily transported. The route via Vera Cruz and Acapulco is certainly shorter by seve- ral days than any otver route. The Ocean and In- land Mail Company certainly make a very fair offer when they propose to be paid for carrying the mail op condition that they shall transport it from New York or New Orleans to San Francisco in less time than it can be transported by any other route. _ This company will probably be in operation early in the sprivg. They claim that they have only to complete their arrangements to ensure the connec- tion of steamers, at either end of theirfoute, to en- able them to surpass apy other route in point of speed. Some gentlemen of high standing in the commercial world are connected with this company, such men as Commcdore Vanderbilt | and Mr. Schuyler, of New York, who do not engage in anything of this kini uulesa they have assurance of its success. If all they claim for the route shall prove true, I presume Mr. Campbell will not hesitate to give them the contract. At present he is dis- | ported, however, to give the contract for a semi- monthly mail to the Nicaragua Company. Senator Weller has already introduced a bill establishing a mail route via Nicaragua. I understand that a bill will be soon introduced to the House requiring con tracts to be given to the route over which the mails cen be transported in the shortest time. A very liberal and patriotic offer has been made to the navy department by Commodore Vanderbilt. He offers to construct a ‘steam frigate on his own account, which, when completed, he will submit to the inspection of the de, ent, and if it shall pars to be in every respect adapted for the service, ¢ will sell it to the government for the sum actually expended in its construction. If it does not prove to be entirely satisfactory to the Navy Dejar‘ment, he will retain it for bis own use. All Mr. Vander bilt will gain by the transaction, therefore, is the hovor of having furnished a first class steam frigate for the’naval service ot his country. It is thought that Hon. Wm. Allen will be elected to the United States Senate from Obio, at the elec- tion to be had in a few days, notwithstanding he has declined to be a candidate. (Correspondence of the Philacelpbia North American } Wasuincron, Jan. 19, 1854. The Senate bed ashort executive session to-day, during which a number of nominations were received and referred, and several of minor importance con- firmed. Commercial treaties or conventions with Belgium and the Swiss cantons were received, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, No rogress, that I can learn, was made with Mr. Red- het "6 nomination, and I presume it remains perdu, on account of the continued absence of Mr. Seward, who is expected to make a speech against its confir- mation. Mr. Seward bas been called home by the serious illness of one of his family. The troubles at Erie begin to excite attention at Washington. Numerous reports and counter reporte | have been réveived by the President, the Secretary of the Interior, the Postmaster (ieneral, and the Sec- retary of the Treasury, representing and denying certain facts. The Railroad Company and ths peo- ple of New York and Ohio, adjacent to the scene of excitement, are seeking to enlist the President on their side, and to induce him to call out the militia of those States to enforce the laws, or at least to issue & proclawation for the suppression of the disorder. Judge Wade and Mr Chase, of Ohio, have made repre- sentations to the Presiden: and several members of the Cabinet against the conduct of the collector, post- master, and lighthouse keeper at Erie, looking prob- ably to their removal. The direct agents of the rail- road, and the owners of produce and goods delayed on either side of the break, have made their state- ments, and the marshal has made his. The matter has been debated in the House and Senate, and in the Cabinet. Hon. James Thompson, long a mem- ber of Congress from Erie, attends faithfully at the White House and the Capitol, in behalf ef the people and corporation of Erie. In a multitude of counsel- lors there is said to be safety, and if the saying is universally true, neither Erie nor the country is in any danger. There must be a separation between the soft shells and the administration if the Nebraska bill is to be adopted as a government messure, as it seems to bave been already. The State Senate of Ohio has instructed the representatives of the State to oppose the slavery clause of the bill, and Mr. Benton's or. xan in 8t. Louis, the Democrat, has taken the same ground. I think the bill will pass just as it came from the committee, or with Mr. Dixon's amend- ment, the deagn of which is to introduce slavery into the territcry withont any res'riction whatever. But it isevident that Dougias and his coadjutors have forced the issue upon men willing to abide by all ex- isting compromises, and that we are upon thethreeh- oe another fierce and exciting controversy upon slavery. The iate Mosquito grant will play an important part in the spear re-arrangement of Central Amerisan affairs which must soon take place. Dr. Borland is filibnstering about from State to State in that country, marceavering with such skill as he is master of annex them all to this Union. Great Britain claims a Saget wed Nicaraguag-Costa Rica, and Honduras under the pretence of “per protectorate over the Mosquito dominions. losquito chief claims territory which he only pretends to have conquered from Nici in 1848, And, finally, two American companies claim no inconsiderable of the Mos- quits country. The com, which has obtained a cession of avout twenty millions of acres in this re- gion by @ recent arrrangement, seems t) consist chiefly of Philadel; capitalists, although its preai- dent is a New Yorker. Wasninoton, Jan. 21, 1964. The treaty with Mexico is eaid to have arrived with Mr, Ward on Thorsday last, and by others it is said to be retained by Gen. Gadsden, in Charleston, who halts there for rest and refreshment. The point Js 0: DO consequence. The main facts respecting the tresty have m correctly stated by telegraph, though the details have not been given with precise a T have i in - believe tha; it is y treaty, nor made by the agents of Garay. r sketch of the treaty was rn from Wash: nin the conrse of Jast autumn, by a Mr. Mur- New York, and was probably prepared here ing by of p< operation with Gen. Almonte, We get the land and pay the money. Mexico is rel-ved from the importanities and annoyances of tro vs of hangry claimants, who have been for yeara it is going to be very expentive getting their men for wit caves, and especially if it is winter, So the own. | ers compromise the maaliee with the agents and they + pocket the money, From all I can ‘earn over $100,000 has been paid, first and lest, hy our Chicago lumber dealers as thr: ateping her with the vengeance of the United Sty'es government, unlees their demands were com- pli d with ; and on our part, we are released from the obbgations incurred under the treaty of poace, of pre eoting paying for Indian depredations on 1 an territory, Another co paeqnencs of the ar: | ion. ‘aray company. We shall see whether the former concern Teserves the character of a “slow” contract, which it now bears with #5008 ima facie title, and whether the interminable Tehuantepec railroad will remain equally without beginning as without end. It was well enough to Scere Brae to the Mesilla route for @ 5 the people of Texas and the Southwest desired it, and the country was of no value to Mexico; but I doubt whether this generation, or the next, will experience benefit from it. “Mine assignees of the Gear gtant will some in, with other claimants, for as much of the five millions as they can get, and their claims will be passed upon bya of commissioners. Sr. Atocha, Colonel ‘Thompeon, on behalf of the Trinity and Union Land Companies of Texas, Aaron Leggett, and others, whose claims on Mexico were either rejected er greatly reduced by the late commission, will also come in under this treaty. Though nominally made by Gen. Gadsden, under instructions of the eta- ry of State, this treaty undoubtedly owes its exist- ence to the untiring exertions and powerful influ- ence of these claimants. And whatever benefit they derive from it passes to them out of the Treasury of the United States. Not one of these old claims, if urged directly upon Congress or the Departments, would bave been allowed to the amount of a dollar. T do not ola they are unjust, but I say they are not such claims as ever have been or will be recog: nised as good, against this government. The effect of the intrigues, therefore, is, that certain claim agents get out of our treasury five millions of dollars that they never would have obtained by any other process than that of a negotiation with a foreign pre The agents of the Garay Company affect to coldly disposed towards the treaty, even to op- pcee ita confirmation. There may be a good deal of sincerity in their professions. They may get very little, possibly nothing at all, from the commission. Theirs may be decided to be not an American claim. The Mexican pecple are to be reconciled to the loss of their territory and to the treaty, by the repre- sentation that the former treaty gave to the United Btates the aes to enter upon the districts open to Indian incursions, in Lope of the marauders; that our troops were about to be despatched upon that errand, and that once in the practieal military occu- pancy of the country, it would have been im ible to get us away. The amount of this reasoning is, that we were about to avail ourselves of the eleventh article of the existing treaty to seize the lands which we have now agreed to iy 5 It is understood that Santa Anna insisted upon the ratification of Judge Conkling’s treaty, which guarantees the Sloo contract, as a condition t6 the execution of the new one. This is the more prob- able, because Santa Anna, a few weeks ago, inform- ed an agent of Garay that the Stoo treaty was to be confirmed, and that the advocates of the rival grant might, if they chose, go to the Supreme Court of Mexico for redress, The Erie war Led The President is col- lecting testimony. at given by Gov. Bigler and Judge Thompson is favorable to the people of Erie, #0 far as concerns the technical legality of their con- duct. When the President receives evidence in due form that the Marshal and other United States offi- cers have been illegally resisted, he will point out the duty of the Erie people in a proclamation. This may be called firing over their heads with blank cartridges. If this does not settle the business, proba by the advice of Dogberry to the watchman will be followed, and the people of Erie will be let alone 2 ca as conte the contal gorreunent. The cre! of the aE taking imony, and hebollecton and lighthouse keeper at Erie have been put upon their purgation. If ait do not sat- isfactorily vindicate themselves they will probably be dismissed. The Ohio and New York democrats, who feel especially aggrieved by the proceedings at Erie, talk of a coalition for the condign punishment of Penn- sylvania, by the removal of the duty en coalandiron, and the New York city delegation are agitating a league with Long Island for the removal of the Mint from Philadelphia. It is supposed that these vigor- ous measures will open the eyes of the whole State to the enormity of its conduct, and the necessity of a speedy reformation. [Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. WasHinGTon, Jan. 21, 1854. Postmaster.General Campbell’s house was open for the reception of his invited friends, and was brilliantly attended. Among the observed was Bedini, lhe Pope’s Nuncio, in his little black sik scalp-cap, jewelled cross; knee-breeckes, and gold buckled shoes. He isa large, fine looking man, very amiable in manner, and very bad in his Ho; lish. He was greeted by Senators and Re; nta- tives with marked respect and attention. He is evi- dently a man of distinguished learning and ability. While in this city he is the guest of the French Minister. Cards are out for a ty, we learn, on Tuesday night, (24th,) at the residence of the Superintendent of the Observatory. The great American philoso pher, who, by his own jus, has startled the world with his aids to navigetion, and placed our country in proud advance of “all the reat of mankind,’ wil! be the host—the modest ‘‘M. F. Maury, Lieut ee N.,” ag he signs himself in his official publi cations, Superior Court—Special Term. Before Jacge Buswor th. DECISION AB TO THR CO8TS IN THE CASE OF THB ALDERMEN FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. Jax. 22—The People om the Relation of Davis and Palmer against Oscar W. Sturterart —The Court of Appeals, on an sppeal trom a final determination of this Cour at el term adjudging that the cefendamt had wilally vio lated an injunction and im) & fine, affirmed the judgment or order a; pealed ‘with cor the ap Deal The main questions now presented are: sha!)"each costs be taxed at the rate ae gear by section 307 of coce, or at the ra'e prescribed by 2R S, page 6'9, sec, 42 and 622, id. sec. 3. 4 and 67 JvpGs Bosworti—The defendant insists that the code only prescribes the rate of conta on appeal from = judgment in a ‘civil action.” Code sec. 303. That « “ civil action” to which the fee bili of the code applies can only be commeno-d by “ summone;” that the pro- ceeding in which the fioal determination appoaled (rom was made, wasnot and cou'd rot be so com nenced; that it wae a specie] preceeding, and not an action, aud that see 471 expressly declares that thia particular proceed. ing shall not be affected by the coce snd therefore, the costa on the appeal can only be such as the Revised Statutes relative to that iy ve provided. Whether the preceeding in this Court was an action or sptcia) preceeding, according to the definition of tose terme as found ™ the code, I do not consider decisive of the question. As the law stood prior to the code, the costs in such @ case, in the Court in which the attach ment inaned, were regulated by set 43 of 2d Rev, Stat. 619, {'in the Supreme Court or inghis Court, and by 24 R 8. 619 and 680, if in the Court of Chancery. Bi the Court fcr the Correction of Errors, whether th vices were in proceedings orignating at 1 in equity, or upom appeals from judgments or de. creee, cr irem final determ ication in special proceedings. the fees of counte) were the same for the same kind of services in all cares; the same is true of solicitors and attcreeys, with the qcalifeation thet their compensation for certain similar services was different. Sections 4, 5, 6 of 24 Rev. Stat, 6264 Section 11 of the Code, sab. 3, Ftp for an appeal to the Court of Appeals from -'a ipalorder affecting « substartial right made ip s special proceeding.’’ Section 318 provides that when the of an inferior court shall be brought before the Supreme Court for review, such pro creding, for all purpores of coats shall be deemed an ac tion at issue on s question of law from the time the same shall be brought into the Scprems Court. Hence it will be seen that the code not only provided for appeals to the Con: tof Appeals from final determinations of the Supreme end other courts, in special proceedings, but provided for the cesta in them, when Bret brought into the Supreme Court for review. Sub. 7 of section 307 of the code provicee that when alowed costs shall be as follown :—"To either party om appeal to the Court of Appeals, before argument, twenty-five dollars, for argument fity Cellars.’’ This section embraces s1l cases of pppeals to the Court of Appeals, and giv compensaticn, whether the appeal be from ins special proceeding or from a j dgment in an ac'ion. This being 60, it seems to me unimportant whether the final cetermivaticn of this court, from which the defend ant appealed, is properly derominated i @ ‘judgment’ Whatever ita free nace, the appeal was + ustainedsgrinst a motion to dtsmirs it, and a jadgm: of ¢firmance, with pen}, was rendered. Ti fe bo law gi the Court of Appeals, cep’ the cod es the same oorts ia any ore cate atin 9 rates prescribe! by the coce ust be vllewed by the clerk fo adj . This is the only question ef apy p:acticel importane’, 1 think the charge of $.0 for the Jave term of the Appellate Const should be disallowed, Acooraing to the ailiiavits, I thick it was ‘‘reashed”’ within the meaning of sub. 8. ¢f e606. 807, The Cour! ordered it ts be heard on a day rar 6d; on that dey it wee called, and the defendant in- nists d cn it be’pg then beard. If the plaintiffs had not moved & portporement it would have ther heard. Had if been a gued, no question would have been raised whether it bad been reached | think there ein be none cow. Having been postponed at the plain- tM» request, they are not entitle’ to the costs ofteatterm. As to deducting the costa awarded on irg & moticn made by the plaintiffs to dismiss the sppeal in this and the other comiempt csres, {{ th) Cefencanta in all the other appeals appeared by tie same att rmer, the $10 granted as costs of opposing the motion may be Klecucted, if the dedaction ia accepted as a satia fac ‘on of a)l ocs's awarced for opposing such motion. the ‘ame person was not a!torney in all the cues, o: if the deduction is not accepted an a satisfaction, it will not ‘be v ade, and tho order to be entered will hg age vt be declared to be made without prejudice to the rights or Hal ity of either party in to such costs, An or- cer = be entered confi g to the views here ex pre. Supreme Court—In Chambers. DROISIONS. Before Hon Ji Clarke. Jas. 93.—Uriah M. Lee and ve. Benjamin 0 Sianly. —»+ otion to set aside attachment denied, with $10 costs. Jv¢ob Lithaner vs. Joseph Turner —Order to show cause Git» iseod, without costs. mn] of the Public Debt since Jan, prep maser . \ Lown of 1842.,,....972,760 Loan of 1848..,.,.,818 100 «1846 ‘37,900 Texan indemaity,,,. 11,000 “USAT 2 86,700 — Total eee pe eens ene 176,460 Obituary. DEATH OF THE RUSSIAN MINSTER, Alexander de Bodiseo died at his residence at George town, D. C., about twelve o’clock on Sunday might. Mr. Bodisco was about seventy years of age, and has been envoy from the Emperor of Russia to the United States nearly sizteem years, namely since the spring of 1838, when he arrived in this country, He was of a noble family of Wallachia, in moderate clroumstances, and entered into the Russian service at an early period of his life, The race to whieh the family of Bodisco belongs, (the Wallachians,) appear to be, with comparatively little intermiztore, the cescendants of the ancient Da cians, to whom, as represented on Trajan’s column at Rome, both in features and coetume, the modern Walls- chians bear a remarkable resemblance. They still call themselves Rouminé, or Romans; and it is a curious fact, that in a province which was among the last annexed to the Roman empire, (under Trsjan,) and im « situation more exposed than ary other to the irruption of in vaders from the East, the common ‘igigct how apch52, contains, together with many Slavonic and Greek terms, s very large infusion of purely Latin words; so much #o thet ® stranger speaking in Latin is generaly“understood by the natives. In ap- pearance the Wallachians present a decided difference from either Magyars, Sclaves, or Germans; and the pe cullarities of this race accounts for the marked difference in the personal appearance of Mr. Bodisco, compared with other Russians we have peen sccustomed to see in this country. Having received an e¢ucation to quality him for pablic employment, incluting in his studies the Frenoh, and some knowledge of s few other Ecropean languages, went to seek his fortunes at St. Petersburg He there obtained a situation in the bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, after which he was received into the service of Count Suchtelen, as secretary to that nobleman, who was Impe- rial Commissioner at the headquarters of Barnadotte, crown prince of Sweden, in 1818, Bodisoo eccompanied Count Suchtelen to Paris, and thence to Vienns when the diplomatic congress of the Allied Powers was in session at that city. Subsequently Count Sachts Jen was appointed Russian Minister to the Court of Swe den, and Bodisco, Secretary of Legation. Oa the death of the Count, about the year 1836, he recommended his secretary to the favor of the Emperor Nicholas, who, as well as his brother Alexander, had been constant friends of Buchtelen. Bodinco encoeeded him as Charge d’Affaires at Stockholm, and in 1838 the Emperor appointed him Minister to the United States, to succeed the Baron ce Maltits, who had received the same appointment to suc- ceed Baron de Krudener only about year before. Mr. Bodisoo and suite arrived at New York in the packet ahip Meteor, from London, in April 1838, and, prooseding to Washington, was presented to the President (Van Buren, ) by the Secretary of State (Forsyth,) on the Sth May, 1838 Becoming acquainted with the family of Mr. Williams, of Georgetown, who was a clerk in one of the departments at ‘Washington, Mr. Bodisec, abeut tem years since, married one of his daughters, a lady of great beauty and highly accomplished. By her he had seven children, who sur- vive him, and inherit his large fortune, accumulated frem ;his large official income, of some sixty thousand clare per annum, and his fortanateiavestment in public stocks and real estate in the United States. Through his financial aid, s brother of Mrs. Bodisoo, Mr. Brooke Wil Hams, formerly clerk in the War Department, has estab lished himself as a banker in Washington, Mr. Bodisco was not popular with the Russians visiting the United States having official interconrse with him, or when making appeals to him in behalf of his countrymen in dis- treason these shores. Oa such occasions he is sald to have been deaf to the calls of humanity, and to have thrown the responsibility of relieving the wants of Russian sailors'and others upon the consuls at various American ports. In Washington City, however, he was considered hos- pita dle and charitable, and to his wife’s relatives he was kind and liberal. Mrs. Bedisco has recently returned from a visit to Europe, where she was accompanied by ber sister, Miss Virginis Williama, a young lady possessing similar beauty and accomplishm to herself, but who unfortunately died at St. Petersburg « few months ince ‘The diplomatic carcer of Mr. Bodirco has been easy and tranquil, but though vastly advantageous to himself and familyait bas not been marked by any transaction of his- torical Interest or importance. The Imperial Court of Ruesia has been represented in the United States for the Jast forty years, by the following Ministers :— Andre de Daechkoff..........sscessceseeesesececere Me Pcletika, (formerly Ambassador to Great B itaim) . Barc de Tuyll,. Baron de Kracs ce aned,)...6 Baron Sacken, (Chai Baron de Krudener, Baron ce Maltitz, Political Intelligence. CANDIDATES FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR IN GEORGIA. Oa the 17th instant, according to appointment, the Legislature of Georgia proceeded to the election of a United States Senator for the term commencing on the 4th of Marck, 1558. Upon counting the first ballot the vate stood as follows:— 1 tomas cece were Allister, Caarles J, MeDon- W lliam C. Dawson is a Union conservative whig, at present in the Untted States Senate, but whore term ex- pizee in 1656, am whose successor the Legislature is now endeavoring to elect He has been in public life almost inceseantly since 1821, at which time he was ele lerk of the Bor f Representatives ef Georgia. in 1836 he was the only whig reprerentative in the State elected to Congress, in which capacity he served until 1841, when he was nominated as the whig candidate for Governor, bu’ was Cefeated, as was euppored, on account of the vote which be hed given in C ngress to increase the duties on tem anc coffee. He took strong grounds aga nat the absurd theories and demands of Louis Koesuth when that gentle- man wason @ visit to this country. Mr. Dawson was Pieeivent of the great Southern Conventioa which con yened at Memphis, Tennersee, on the 6:h of June last. Mi. Hall McAllister is a strong secessiovist of the demo- craic stamp, but be has figured very little outside slature, except that he was candidate for Governor. He et trial until the eighth taken up on the ballot, whet rtion of the friexds cf McDonald, Cob», ie Warner rallied to his support, and gave him eighty- pive vtes. Charles J. McDonald is also s democratic secessionist of the red hot stripe, and was the presiding officer of the Nathville Conventicn. He is a man of very high talents and stern in‘egrity, and on two occasions discharged the duties of Governor of Georgia to the great satisfaction of ple of the State. il Cobb has been #0 lately and so cften before the ‘try that all must be familiar with his course and tactios, and 9s his chances of success in becoming the succeseor of Mr. Dawson are 60 very limit it would be Of little interest to recapitulate bis political history. We give below the last two ballots which were taken on the 17th instant :— Monday, the 32 int. Important Decision Rallroa as to the Liability of a d Company, FIRST DISTRICT COUR Before Judge Green Jax 23.—Edward Lo The New York and Erie Katlroad y —Th's action is brought by Mr. Lotgoman againet the New York aad Erie Railroad © an. pany to reeover $63, for the part of @ lot of 166 shee; cefendante’ carat York, and not delivered, of the valae of oro, damages by depreciation in value of 142 26 cents each, amounting to $36 60, total $98 60, by the neglect of the company. ‘The plaintsl proved that in the month of November last his brother shipped for him on ene o! the defendants’ cars at for New York Meg 166 sheep; that fourteen of them, of the value of $4 60 eaeh, died on the route, and the balances of them were so injured by being crowded they could hardly waik; and that they vaine at least 25 cents om each sheep. On the the defencants it wie proved that they delir cept one; and that the room set off to them om board of the barge from Piermont was larger tian the ear ued by plaintiff, and in which his sheep were con- yeyedi rom Capandaigns to Piermont, whish was veder the contre! of the plaintifl. defendants aleo introduced in eveidemce an sgreement signed by tke plainti’s agent, which contained, («mong otber,) the followtsg provi “That, seid rai companies ti por: cattle, horses, h pigs, eheep, lamba, calves, or other ive ‘stock a\y ai fre’ clase rates, as per tariff, excepting in the following cares, vie here they travspor; them at redaced rates, in conriceration of the owner or ehipper assuming certain ritks, ae specified below Now, in consideration that the seic railroad companies will transport for me such live stock at the reduced rate of seventy dollars pet car load, the said Lavghman does hereby agree to tate the ritk of injoriea which the animals, or either of them, may re- cet in consequence of any of them being wild, vicious, ur rely, weak, ereapin maim‘ng themesives or each other, or from ‘Or in consequence of heat, suifocs- theo, or other ill of being crowded either upon the cass oF berger of the company. And it is farther agreed, thyt the said Laughman is to load. tranship, aod uaload tail siocw, at bis own risk ’' The defendants’ connasl con'emced this egreement reiieved them from any carriers. The Judge decided bes sus'ained, he having, in consiverstion of the reda vet rae of freight, reHeved the defendants from thelr iadil ity aa common darriera, and therefore gave judgment for defendapta, with cows whereas, the He Mets Of Meaigzants on the Mlatengge vers S{OKNESS AND DISTRESS AT CAIRO—FOURTERE LARGE STEAMERS COMPELLED TO LAY UP—B&NAKy ING OUT OF CHOLERA AND YBLLOW FEVE—MES SAGRS OF THE MAYOR OF LOUISVILLE. By the following extracts {t will be seen that agreat mumber of steamers, loaded with upwards of two,thoa- sand emigrants, have beeo compelled to lay up at Catre, in consequence of the suspension of navigation, Caio ta in the Siate of Illinois, om the Mississippi river, a short Gislance from the mouth of the Unio, and abeut two hum- dred miles below St. Louis, From the St. Lo . 16, Wo learn hits mevat nit eg mega pumber cf foreign emigr: their Poe pr yard to Cre F < asd there 7 suspeneion of navigation and the tnability, count the ineumbrence of families of chiloreny lack of rasan , to get further om their journey. We t distress, hay- Ties, ne high aan ing had to , at timer, as as centa fc Ofbreed. Bllrts have ‘been made inthis olty to wee them relief, anc as mucs. 22 S{*T “¢!\are offered for the hire of a conveyance to send them provisions, but with- out success This is a cose of unwonted hardship, and as the pros- it is again diemal in the extreme for any change for be better, itis m duty of a most urgent nature that prompt measures be taken, without regard to relieve the euffering that is already endured, and ince wilting the above we. nd. the’ following wri above we aad a6. othe J. A Stockwel hore yestarcay morsiog from Ne e J. ere yesterday morr om New Orleans, reported a said state of lene at Cairo. Four- had been compelled to stop. at that place, and had turned out over two thousand deck pas- sengers, who were suffering intensely and dying in large numbers with cholera and yellow fever. They were a ing im the acjoining woods around large fires, with litt or no food, and no possibility of gettiog away. Tae Stock- well was crowded with both deck and cabim passengers, She put off four corpses here, victims of yellow fever. [From the St. Louis Democrat, Jan. 18 } For @ dey or Src pase painful accounts have been reachip, of the ruffering condition of a large body of immigranta destined for this city,amd put ashore at Oairo in consequence of the closing of navigation. The oase being one of too much urgency to admit of delay such a2 would attend the calling and the action of a public meet. fog, we have been requested to inform our readers that his Honor, the Ma; Jislding to the requests of many humane perrons, pointes @ committee in each of the wards of the city to go round and receive from the oltizens such contributions as their circumstances and charitable feelings may dictate. This duty will be per- formed to-day, the committees acting in conjonction with Fa appointed by the German and Irish emigrant so- ties. As soon as an amount is collected sufficient for temporary relief, Mayor How will at once dispstch a trust- worthy messenger to Csiro to provite for the wanta of the sufferers. It is to be hoped, not for the cause of human- ity than for the credit of our city, that the collection te be taken to-day will be large, and such as to carry effeo- tual relielf to the thourand or twelve hundred destitute beings thi upon our shores. Yesterday, two or mm started out among our citizens to make din the course of an hour and « halt re- cont, to like to [From the Louisville Courier. } iret ucts tea waa quence of the suspension of navigation, four steamers have been compelled to lsy up, and have there set ashore some two thoussnd deck passengers, chie@y emigrants. These pertons were suffering dreadfally from want, and sickness was rapidly diminichog their numbers —very many dying daily from cholera and yellow fever. ‘were sta) in the adjoining wocds. keeping large fires, and at the last accounts there was no i- bility of getting away. {from the St. Lonis Republican, Jan. 18 J Onr citizens are already aware of the fact that a number of emigrants, said 10 be over two thousand umber, are at Cairo, suffering not only from the im- clemency of the weather, camped out under trees, and buddling together around fires in the woods, but alee svfferixg from the want of provisions avd from sickness, Itis ap Occasion that appeals to the sympathies of every one, and we are glad to see that steps Kove been saken for their relief. ‘The Mayor, it will be seen, in view of the existing cir. cumstances, has sgerieind & committee of three to solicit aid for these suffering emigrants; and we are glad in being able to record the fact, that ‘yesterday, in @ short time, the contributions were credital tl of our citizens. The lish and German i ties are alco actively solicit aid, and yesterday an agent was despatched from latter society, with means and carte blanche for more, to farnish them with what wag necessary for their immediate comfort. From all we can Jearn the distress is quite as great as has been represented, and calls for our active and sub- stential sympathy. A party, comprising five Germans— three men, & woman, and a little girl—reached this city yeaterdsy. They paid ceventy dollars for s conveyance a Ly to this point, gad BL cherry that the sat- fering poor emigran’ most unparalleled. A loaf of bread sells for from forty to seven' cther provisions at a corresponc; cireamstances we trust the ap) in behalf of these unfortunate rs will be to ins manner ell known liberality of our citisens. yer, as will be seen by the following, has acted with commendable promptness:— TO THE CITIZENS OF ST. LOUIS. ‘Mayor’s Orrica St Louis, Jaa. 17, 1854. Persons havé arrived here to dey from airo: who re- prevent the situation of paipente Gotained at that poiat , to be deplorable indeed. itute of provisions and money; thei: situation ealls for immediate relief. In view of the ex: of the circumstances, the under- signed bave autborised a number of gentlemen to cal upan the citizens for such aid as they may ‘eel disposed to give, not coubting the rezponse will be such as will epable the committee 10 cffer some relief to the suffering emigrants. JOHN HOW. TO THE CITIZENS OF 8f. LOUIS. In view of the urgent ty of the case, I ha Mayor of beret thes St. Louis, in concurrence with the two Emigrant Societies of the city, app inted Mesers, Barry I. , EAward Waleb, and Alexander Kayser, & Committee of Collections for the immediate relief of the numerous helpless emigrants at Cairo, said to be two thousand in number, exposed without provisions, ebelter, or help of any kind, to the present severe winter weather. Helpless women and chil¢ren loudly ery for your sasist- ‘ance, an@ have no doubt you will each and ‘all aot with your accustomed liberality. JOHN HOW, Mayor. cents, and rate. Under these ve, ae Board of Supervisors. Jan. 28.—His Honor the Recorder ia the chair. The proceedings of the lart meeting wore read and ap- Of Mary Lewe for $50, for taking care of court room of CLAIM OF AN ADOLITIONIST COUNSEL FOR DEFENDING A FUGITIVE SLAVE A commaniecation from FE 1). Culver, for $225, { count claimed to be due to him for services rendered ta August, 1861, for anon behaif of one John Basldin, am alleged {ugitive from service. Mr. Culver states that he was duly sppotnted by the officers before whom the ceecirgs were had to cocdust the defence of that he rendered the servicer, and the va'ue of them wag duly certified bp officers at $225 There services were rendered pursuance ef the 9th section of the act of the Legislature of New York, pxssed 6th May ry 1840. A committee of the fors:er Board re the ¢laim, and their report wae, without examina’ lon, adi ed. A mancamus was vatly iesued by ‘the Bu- Preme Court, an¢ argued before Judge Barculo, who ordered that an alternative mandsmus should Saori Peit eer and aliow the a they nos¢cone no A wendemus was afterwards {franted_by 2 Roaeell, Breoklyn,) commanding the Board to audit ad sllew It a the aecount. petitionor prays that the ascount be settled without celsy. Beierred to Oomunlttoe an County 0 fiicer, ACCOMMODATION FOR JURIER iN THE COURT OF SESSION, The | gratin of the District At‘o1 and City Judge, for suitable jury rooms for the Ceurt ot Seal to the Committee on Civil Courts, gre eoes prt Sok IATM FER 18 AW corr. Matz, yap m the Ju of the Supreme Court, ealling upon the Board of Supervisors to provide them with tem; accommodations for the transaction of business, in com equence of their courts and offices hav- ing been Cestroyed by the fire of thi refer- Ted to the Cemmittes cn Givi Goats. ae? | comm unieation from the Ssperior Cou subject was received, and Toterred to the pho robin ite. inane uusie OF COUNTY OFFICERS. munication was received from ths Comptrolter, ard ordered to be printed, relating to the sslariey of the Judges and officials of the county offices of the fo those Tunstonarenls Bot 301 por canta ea 26% increase of $20,650 since Tat January 1892, a me YRFS IN COUNTY CLERKS AND REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICES. A sesolation relativs to the tees in the County Clerk's oflice, and the office of Register of Deeds, and recommead- icg that an application be made to the Legislature for a repeal of thore acts which give fees to those officers, was received and referred. A‘journed to Moaday next, Supreme Court—Spectal Term Decision ty Hes Judge Rooserelt. 28°—Ausien, do. vs. Leavitt, y 7) & judgment creditor in this State peals have already own treat tn Siete the rags ayo them, a nullity, Between the , meats, therefore, ‘validity fs rrgalarly in effect are the same, an if mace by t! When the Property cons sts of choses in can only be reached by dill in equity or other in the nature of a bill in equity, the erediter acqaires mo the debtor or his assignes, until the it not order. din poat- ume fa creditor, Tr: kaa has the effect of, and indeed ts ae oe in aha case, accompanied with an injanotion, Amd ths prayer for an injunction to restrain the debtors and their aa- i fignees from making ments, virtually admits until enjoined Tight is wfally do #0. a draft should be im conformity with the above memo- randum, with euch additions as the parties may deem prover; ‘and on ite being subraittes tor’ ‘ourt will hear soy suggestions which the counsel om ¢i ber side may ohovee to preeent,